Women: Not Funny? Guys actually believe this? - Atheist Nexus2016-12-09T13:35:39Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/women-not-funny-guys-actually?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A274353&feed=yes&xn_auth=noActually if you read Deborah…tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-12-10:2182797:Comment:6421222009-12-10T20:20:01.744ZRoninhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Ronin506
Actually if you read Deborah Tannen, especially "You Just DOn't Understand", she says that, on average, women are not as good at remembering/telling jokes. Of course, that's not all there is to being funny, I love many female comedians and know some very funny women. But there may be something to what he was saying.
Actually if you read Deborah Tannen, especially "You Just DOn't Understand", she says that, on average, women are not as good at remembering/telling jokes. Of course, that's not all there is to being funny, I love many female comedians and know some very funny women. But there may be something to what he was saying. Wow - THAT wasn't hostile.tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-12-10:2182797:Comment:6413462009-12-10T09:08:23.230ZHoward S. Dunnhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/HowardSDunn
Wow - THAT wasn't hostile.
Wow - THAT wasn't hostile. Heh. Thank you. I can now sav…tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-11-29:2182797:Comment:6251132009-11-29T16:32:50.143ZLittle Name Atheisthttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Little_Name_Atheist
Heh. Thank you. I can now save all sorts of time and energy... I'll just stop trying.<br />
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<i>sorry, its my god-given predestined gift.</i><br />
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Wait... Shun the believer! Shun ah! Shun.... ah!
Heh. Thank you. I can now save all sorts of time and energy... I'll just stop trying.<br />
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<i>sorry, its my god-given predestined gift.</i><br />
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Wait... Shun the believer! Shun ah! Shun.... ah! Does not watch Bill Maher aye…tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-11-29:2182797:Comment:6251102009-11-29T16:28:56.465ZAgeOfAtheists14http://atheistnexus.org/profile/secularorbust
Does not watch Bill Maher aye?<br />
Yeah, gotta know the big names, they do the big damage on the line
Does not watch Bill Maher aye?<br />
Yeah, gotta know the big names, they do the big damage on the line Some of the best comedy write…tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-11-28:2182797:Comment:6234782009-11-28T15:11:28.000Zsinisterpictureshttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/sinisterpictures
Some of the best comedy writers comedians I've seen are women. Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Jo Brand, Pam Stephenson to name a few off the top of my head.<br />
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Go to youtube and search for ' smack the pony ', really funny series written by women and performed by women. Absolutely Fabulous anyone?
Some of the best comedy writers comedians I've seen are women. Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Jo Brand, Pam Stephenson to name a few off the top of my head.<br />
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Go to youtube and search for ' smack the pony ', really funny series written by women and performed by women. Absolutely Fabulous anyone? @Sean: It's a question of con…tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-11-27:2182797:Comment:6222632009-11-27T16:46:05.634ZClifford Gliddonhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/CliffordGliddon
@Sean: It's a question of context. If the implication of "the majority of American CEO's are caucasian" is that one must be caucasian to be a CEO, then it is racist, otherwise it's just an observation. What would be a <i>reasonable</i> context for "observing" that the majority of women are not funny? How can it not be sexist? You mentioned one possible case: "I don't find the vast majority of women I meet to be funny." All I can say is, what percentage is that out of ~3.4 billion females, and…
@Sean: It's a question of context. If the implication of "the majority of American CEO's are caucasian" is that one must be caucasian to be a CEO, then it is racist, otherwise it's just an observation. What would be a <i>reasonable</i> context for "observing" that the majority of women are not funny? How can it not be sexist? You mentioned one possible case: "I don't find the vast majority of women I meet to be funny." All I can say is, what percentage is that out of ~3.4 billion females, and is it a random sample? How can you conclude that women are not funny based on the few you have met?<br />
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But, I actually agree. Most of the women I meet are not funny. Most of the men I meet are not funny. All of the transgender people I have met are not funny. Most pedestrians I have met on the street are not funny. The people I have met who did not speak english are not funny, unless they were doing absurdist performance art, and even then....<br />
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All of my female friends are funny. i'm pretty much funnier than…tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-11-27:2182797:Comment:6222512009-11-27T16:28:31.540ZRogAgainsthttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/RogAgainst
i'm pretty much funnier than all of you. male or female. sorry, its my god-given predestined gift. so all these trite arguments are futile.
i'm pretty much funnier than all of you. male or female. sorry, its my god-given predestined gift. so all these trite arguments are futile. Are women more attractive tha…tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-11-25:2182797:Comment:6186372009-11-25T19:08:09.305ZProg Rock Girlhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/ProgRockGirl
Are women more attractive than men? Most men will say they are, and many women, even straight women, agree that even though they are attracted to men, women are still better looking.
Are women more attractive than men? Most men will say they are, and many women, even straight women, agree that even though they are attracted to men, women are still better looking. Lots of men get offended at f…tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-11-25:2182797:Comment:6186362009-11-25T19:07:42.681ZProg Rock Girlhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/ProgRockGirl
Lots of men get offended at fathers being shown as morons. I got tired of seeing guys like Drew Carey in TV-relationships with supermodels.
Lots of men get offended at fathers being shown as morons. I got tired of seeing guys like Drew Carey in TV-relationships with supermodels. oh, Jaqueline, how quickly yo…tag:atheistnexus.org,2009-11-17:2182797:Comment:6056282009-11-17T21:06:59.302ZJohnnyhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/Johnny129
oh, Jaqueline, how quickly you forgot our other polite discussion about how I agree with every freaking aspect about female equality and only oppose bigots.<br />
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If you don't think that some of the comments here were so biased that they ignored points, pulled straw-mans, and/or failed to support their cases, then that's your opinion I guess... I disagree. Some things the Nerd said were useful, others were not. Her argument wasn't bad at all in this case, actually... I adjudicated a draw. Personally…
oh, Jaqueline, how quickly you forgot our other polite discussion about how I agree with every freaking aspect about female equality and only oppose bigots.<br />
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If you don't think that some of the comments here were so biased that they ignored points, pulled straw-mans, and/or failed to support their cases, then that's your opinion I guess... I disagree. Some things the Nerd said were useful, others were not. Her argument wasn't bad at all in this case, actually... I adjudicated a draw. Personally I don't care if women are worse at math or not... if they are they are if they aren't they aren't. It doesn't mean that they shouldn't have equal access to mathematical jobs if they like them... kind of an empty argument to me.<br />
I did like one response that pointed out that females tended to be better at literature/writing/teaching...all important skills and require plenty of intelligence. I agree with that as I tentatively agree with math... who is smarter depends on which you value more. Personally I value reading/writing more, so would you now have a problem with me saying that women are smarter? ( I would find you rather hypocritical if you did. That's ok for you, but it may limit how I perceive your future arguments.)<br />
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I don't think you could blame me for not condoning any kind of bigot. You can take any good cause and pursue it in extreme ways. My opinion of unneccissarily biased opinions is clearly more specific than yours is which is understandable because we tend to forgive people's faults more when they're on our side. You can't exonerate someone simply because they support a similar thing... I wouldn't support an atheist who went around bitching out theists and calling them nasty names on street corners without reasonable discussion even though I may technically agree with them on the identity of god, so why can't there be feminist bigots?